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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vonnegut attribute his friend's tears who cried from an author's writing to?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Joy.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Relief.

2. What is the title of Trout's unfinished memoir mentioned in Chapter 16?
(a) "Life on Hold."
(b) "My Ten Years Suspended."
(c) "My Ten Years on Automatic Pilot."
(d) "Life in Suspension."

3. What kind of expressions does Vonnegut mention throughout his description of Hitler and life on autopilot?
(a) Prophetic expressions.
(b) Colloquial expressions.
(c) Existential expressions.
(d) New expressions.

4. Whose brains does Fleon study?
(a) Those who are old and young.
(b) Those who are Irish and Scotish.
(c) People of the Mensa and those who die in stupid accidents.
(d) Those who are American and Chinese.

5. What does the human race continue to devise cleverly?
(a) Techonology.
(b) Love.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Doomsday devices.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vonnegut reflect on that impressed him during his life?

2. What does Fleon believe about intelligent people?

3. What war is going on during Trout's story "Bingo Bunker Party"?

4. How does the author view his writing?

5. What was Vonnegut's granddaughter's name?

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